The fourth edition of Indian Mammals: A Field Guide (2023 ... nocturnal animals such as otters, small cats, civets and badgers,” says its author Vivek Menon, 55, a conservationist and co ...

Soon after, it became clear that a small Indian civet had been mistaken for a Malabar. While the Malabar civet is longer considered extinct, the IUCN estimates fewer than 250 remain in the wild.

Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, located in one of the oldest mountain ranges in India was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1980. It has a very rich flora and fauna. The vegetation starts from sub ...